diff --git a/package/fontconfig/fontconfig.mk b/package/fontconfig/fontconfig.mk
index 93f2a15938..8d395bccd2 100644
--- a/package/fontconfig/fontconfig.mk
+++ b/package/fontconfig/fontconfig.mk
@@ -8,8 +8,12 @@ FONTCONFIG_VERSION = 2.12.1
 FONTCONFIG_SITE = http://fontconfig.org/release
 FONTCONFIG_SOURCE = fontconfig-$(FONTCONFIG_VERSION).tar.bz2
 FONTCONFIG_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
-FONTCONFIG_DEPENDENCIES = freetype expat host-pkgconf
-HOST_FONTCONFIG_DEPENDENCIES = host-freetype host-expat host-pkgconf
+
+# When
+# 0001-Avoid-conflicts-with-integer-width-macros-from-TS-1866.patch is
+# removed, the host-gperf dependency should be removed.
+FONTCONFIG_DEPENDENCIES = freetype expat host-pkgconf host-gperf
+HOST_FONTCONFIG_DEPENDENCIES = host-freetype host-expat host-pkgconf host-gperf
 FONTCONFIG_LICENSE = fontconfig license
 FONTCONFIG_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING